Cord holder for electric irons



April 20, 1948. e. GUNDERSON CORD HOLDER FOR ELECTRIC IRONS Filed Dec. 3, 1946 61mm vlzlizdeiwanp INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

Patented Apr. 20, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CORD HOLDER FOR ELECTRIC IRONS Gustav Gunderson, Tremont, Pa.

Application December 3, 1946, Serial No. 713,797

This invention relates to improvements in cord holders designed primarily for use in connections with electric irons.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a cord holder of the character described that is connectable to an iron by means of an improved support which, though fully efficient in properly supporting the cord-holding means, is, nevertheless, designed so as not to interfere with the iron in any way when in use or standing on its heel or back.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a cord holder having a support that is removable from the iron with the utmost speed and facility, and which is connectable to the iron, when it is again necessary to use the iron, with equal speed.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device of the character described that is capable of being constructed at very small expense and with a minimum of parts, but which, nevertheless, will be of unusual strength and. durability.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts, hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the device mounted on an iron.

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view of the device mounted on an iron.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 5 designates the conventionally-formed handle of an electric iron, that also has a heel 6.

Transversely extended across the underside of the heel 6 is a base plate I of the cord holder, that is preferably formed of a strip of rigid metallic material, and which has its ends projecting beyond the side edges of the heel 6. This base plate 7 is not secured to the heel B, being firmly held against the underside of the heel by a spring 8.

One end of the spring 8 is connected to a V-shaped slide piece 9, that is engageably held against the rear edge of one of the projecting ends of the base plate I by the contractile action of the spring. The other end of thespring B is connected to opposing right-angled brackets ii), that are fixedly mounted on the other projecting end of the base plate 1. Intermediate its ends, the

2 Claims. (Cl. 248-52) spring 8 is passed in front of the rear portion of the handle 5, and it is seen that this results in the entire base structure of the device, comprising the base plate 1, spring 8, slide piece 9, and brackets 10, being held in properly mounted position on the iron.

Between the opposing upwardly-extended brackets I0 is mounted the lower end of a resilient supporting strip H, the upper end of which is provided with a yoke 2 for supportedly engaging the cord I3.

I do not claim in this invention, the construction of the cord-supporting means, that is, the strip H and yoke 12, as this is covered in my Patent No. 2,205,139, dated June 18, 1940. What is new is the base structure, in which I have devised a base plate I supporting the strip H, the base plate being held in mounted position by the action of the spring 8 connected to the slide piece 9 and brackets l0.

It is readily apparent that this construction permits the cord-holding device to be affixed to or removed from the iron with the utmost ease and facility, it being necessary only to slidably move the slide piece 9 in a direction away from the heel 6 of the iron, until the slide piece is disengaged from the end of the base plate I.

At the same time, it is pointed out that when mounted, my device will remain in fixed position as long as the iron is being used, eifici-ently supporting the cord l3 away from the iron by means of the angula-rly-mounted strip H.

It is understood that changes may be made in the invention Without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed, as for example, it may be desired to secure the strip l i to a member formed integral with the base plate I, rather than to brackets ll] mounted on the base plate.

What is claimed is:

1. In a cord support for use with an electric iron, and having a flexible cord-engaging strip, a base plate extended transversely across the heel of the iron and having its ends projecting beyond the side edges thereof, a removable slide piece slidable on the base plate, strip-supporting brackets on the base plate, and a spring, having one end connected to the slide piece, the other end being connected to the brackets, said spring being extended intermediate its ends around the rear portion of the handle of the iron, and adapted to hold the base plate in position.

2. In a cord support for use with an electric iron, and having a flexible cord-engaging strip, a rigidly-formed base plate adapted to be transversely positioned against the underside of the heel of the iron, and having its ends projecting beyond the side edges thereof, a removable slide piece slidable on the base plate, strip-supporting brackets on the base plate, and a spring, having one end connected to the slide piece, the other end being connected to the brackets, said spring being extended intermediate its ends around the rear portion of the handle of the iron, and adapted to hold the base plate in .position.

GUSTAV REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,516,781 Nylen Nov. 25, 1924 1,533,412 Herron Apr. 14, 1925 zeta-5139 Gundersbn June 18, 1940 2,832,374 Fa'gan bot. 19, 1943 

